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Trendy Nail Boutique lines its chocolate-brown floors with oversize La Fleur pedicure chairs, each of which is furnished with an advanced pipe-free whirlpool system that keeps soaking tubs sanitary for each client. The chairs add an extra dose of comfort and cleanliness during each mani-pedi, which crowns nails with OPI and Essie products after they’re refined with implements purified by a hospital-grade Steri-Dent dry-heat sterilizer. To begin their services, guests sidle up to tufted chairs at private, bistro-style manicure tables and watch the movie of the week on a flat-screen TV, which entertains the eyes as nails don coats of polish and toes have a committee meeting on shoe legislation.

Queen's Nail & Spa keep hands and feet looking fresh with a variety of classic and trendy nail services. Traditional polish adds a pop of color to fingers and toes while no-chip and gel polishes form a sturdier barrier that wards off cracks and dings caused by handling car keys or throwing your enemy's car keys. The beauty haven's menu also includes specialty treatments such as teeth whitening and chair massage.

Isabella Samovsky fell in love with a salt lamp. Well, not just the lamp, but also the salt-assisted healing it provided. Her love for the salt lamp and its alternative approach to maintaining health inspired her to create Solay Wellness, a center that offers salt-based products and treatments. The Himalayan salt at Solay is harvested from ancient, mineral-rich seabeds, and can be found in hundreds of fair-trade and organic health, beauty, gourmet, pets, and lifestyle products including salt inhalers, natural rubber yoga maps, and soy candles. Solay Wellness also offers an extensive range of fair trade Himalayan salt crystal lamps with UL dimmer cords, which can be shaped like bowls, pyramids, globes, or salt shakers.
At the center?s private salt room, guests can meditate on lounge chairs as they breathe in the salt?s negative ions, which can help to reenergize the body, purify the skin, reduce stress, and alleviate allergy and asthma symptoms. Guests can also take up Tibetan singing-bowl sessions in rooms lined with ancient Himalayan salt blocks. Tiles and loose salt are also on hand to help stimulate pressure points in feet and give children a place to play. In addition to salt-based treatments, the center also offers reflexology and massage. Parking is available across the street, and a train station is nearby.

Most new hairstyles are created with a pair of scissors. And while Studio SLK offers this to every client, they also offer the complete opposite: a new hairstyle with the addition of hair extensions. The volume- and length-boosting extensions are bonded or sewn into existing locks, and can be as long as you desire. Stylists also color hair with strategically placed highlights and smooth out frizz with keratin treatments. Other services includes manicures and pedicures for hands and feet.

Leo Passage came to the United States in 1958, traveling with his wife Lenie and pair of shears. Leo was a rising star in the European hairdressing world, and had already gained noticed for his cuts that were a little more creative than most. He drew inspiration from the Bahaus principles of art and design as a starting point for his hair styles. His creative approach to personal style won him 95 hair dressing competitions and the title of World Supreme Champion and Hairdresser of the Year at New York's famed International Beauty Show in 1961. A year later, Leo decided to pass on his knowledge to a new generation of hairdressers, and founded the first Pivot Point Academy on the north side of Chicago.
Now, more than 50 years after its founding, Pivot Point's schools still embrace Leo's creative vision. Instructors arm students with top notch hair cutting and aesthetic skills, as well as an impeccable eye of style. The schools invite clients to come experience just how talented their students are with services such as haircuts, manicures, and pedicures, the cure for a listless foot.

The stylists at Edessa's Hair Salon draw on years of experience working with all types of hair to give each client the look they desire. They trim away split ends with precise scissor-snips, infuse strands with rich color, and deep-condition tresses with balms and butters by Redken and Biolage Hydrathérapie. Patrons can also peruse more than 150 shades of OPI nail polish for meticulous manicures and spa pedicures.